Wringer



E. v. GODFREY Aug. 11:3, 1.940.

WRINGER Filed Nov. 18, -l

Patented Aug. 13, 1940 UNITED STATS Application November 18, 1930, Serial No. 496,512

14 Claims.

VWringers as commonly formed are provided with two wringer rolls, one above the other, and the clothes are fed to the bite of these rolls from theA front, or rear, the clothes being fed ordi- 5 f narily directly to the roll. This manner of feeding the clothes has certain elements of danger with relation to power wringers which has resulted in the many efforts to minimize this danger by special devices guarding the rolls and releasing the pressure on the rolls. The present invention is designed to obviate this danger and to provide other advantages and in carrying out the invention, the rolls are set side by side providing an upwardly extending bite to which the clothes are fed from below. This places the bite in position remote from the introduction of the clothes so that there is little danger of an operator getting caught in the bite. This arrangement also simplifies the general structure making a very low Wringer which is desirable, providing easy disposition of the expelled water and simplifying the structure generally. Features and details of the invention will appear from the specication and claims.

A preferred embodiment vof the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing as follows:

Fig. 1 is a section on the line I-I in Fig. 2.

' Fig. 2 a front elevation of the Wringer.

Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

I marks the cross member. This has small uprights 2 at the ends which are connected with the side stiles 3. The connecting member I is of channel form. The upright portions 2 are of box form and the stiles 3 are also of box form, these parts being preferably made of sheet metal stampings. -The frame has a plate 4by means of which it is secured to the transmission head of the ordinary power wringer.

Wringer rolls 5 and 6 are set side by side. These are mounted on the usual rods 'I and 8 which extend through a slot 9 in the inner wall of the stiles. The rod l operatesv in xed bearings I arranged in the stiles and the rod 8 is journaled in bearing blocks II. Springs I2 exert pressure on the blocks lII and this pressure may be adjusted by screws I3 which extend through heads I4 on the ends of the stiles. An intake guide I is formed of sheet metal and of ktrough shape conforming quite closely to the periphery of the rolls. Between the trough shapes of the intake plate is an upwardly extending fold I6 which enters in between the rolls adjacent to the bite so as to direct the clothes 'j as they are fed along the guide plate into the ibite. The guide plate is provided `with a roller II at each end, the rollers being carried'by pins f' so fold I6 ofthe guide plate. This pin rests on (er ris-'2.42)

blocks 2| slidingly mounted in the projections 2. Springs 22 are arranged under the blocks in the projections and rest on closure plates 23 in the bottom of the projections. Thus the guide plate is held vyieldingly against the undersurfaces of thefrolls and the rollers I'I are yieldingly held in engagement with the roll.

In order to deflect thev clothes as they leave the bite, a deector is provided to guide the clothes a's they leave the bite. Ears 2li` extend upwardly from the stiles and swinging arms 25 are pivotally secured to these ears by pins 26. A deflector roller 2l is journaled on a rod 2B extending between the swinging arms 25. A driving roller 29 is mounted on a rod 3Il also extending between the arms 25. The driving roller 29 is slightly larger than the roller 2l and rides the wringer roll t.A The roller 29 also engages the roller 27 and drives it. In consequence the rollerv 2l is driven in the same direction as the wringer roll. The adjacent surfaces, however, of the roller 2l are opposed to the direction of movement of the surface of the wringer roll and in consequence any clothes as they lead up from the bite that may have a tendency to follow the wringer roll 6 are deflected from it by the roller Z'I so that the clothes `follow through to the rear, as indicated in the dash line A.

In order to carry the clothes from the rear roll into a position for depositing them an offtake roller 3l is provided. The roller Si is journaled on a pin 32 which is carried by swinging arms 33, these arms being pivoted on the pins 26. The roller 3| rides the roller Il. The roller Il is driven by the wringer roll and consequently the roller 3l has the same direction of movement as the adjacent wringer roll, but the surface of the roller 3l adjacent to the wringer roll has an opposite direction to that of the surface of the wringer roll so that the clothes are caught by the roller 3l yand separated from the wringer roll and are guided from the roll to a convenient point of deposit.

In the operation of the wringer, the clothes are delivered, as indicated in the dash line A, on the roller I'I at the front of the wringer. The clothes are taken into the bite between the roller II andthe wringer roll, carried along the guide I5, and delivered upwardly into the bite between the rolls, are deected toward the rear by the roller 2'I and are taken off the rear roller by the off-take roller 3l. 'The extruded water is all below the rolls and is readily discharged by the guide plate. The pressure on the roller II is very slight compared to the wringing pressure between the wringerrolls and the opportunity for an operator to be injured' in the feeding of the clothes is very slight. The hand can be readily disengaged if caught between the roller I'I and the wringer roll. The clothes are fed in at a convenient position where the operator can readily see what is being done and are delivered to the bite with comparatively little eiort on the part of the operator.

The wringer is very low and makes a low frame which is desirable.

It is often desirable to reverse the side of the wringer which is used. Clothes may be fed into the wringer from either roller I1 with equal facility. In order to adapt the take-off mechanism to the reverse feeding the arms 25 are simply swung over carrying the deflector rollers on to the opposite wringer roll and the arms 33, with the OIT-take roller, are merely swung over to a reverse position. Thus the wringer may be adapted to feed clothes from either side by merely swinging the off--take arms to the opposite side of the wringer. In accomplishing this purpose, no reversal of the driving direction of the wringer rolls is required and this simplifies quite materially the transmission mechanism leading to the wringer.

What I claim as new ls:

l. In a, wringer, the combination of a frame; "filing-er rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide di recting the clothes into the bite; and a take-o deflector comprising a roller above and at one Side oi the bite.

In a wringer, the combination of a frame; v-.fringer rolls moiuited in the frame -with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite; a take-01T deflector comprising a deflector roller above and at one side of the bite; and means driving the roller in the same direction as the front wringer roll below the delector roller.

In a wringer, the combination of a frame; wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide dlrecting the clothes into the bite; a take-ofi" deilector comprising a deflector roller above and at one side of the bite; and means driven by the front roll driving the roller in the same direction as the iront wringer roll below the deflector roll.

4. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; wrlnger rolls mounted in the frame with an up- 'fdly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite; a take-off deilector; and means, deflecting the clothes from the bite comprising a driving roller riding one wringer roll and a deflector roller driven by the driving roller, said deflector roller being arranged above and at the side of the bite.

5. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; iront and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a, clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite; and a take-of guide at the rear of the rear roll.

6. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; iront and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite; and a take-ofi guide at the rear oi the rear roll con prising a take-ofi roller.

7. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; iront and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame wth an upwardly extending bite; a, clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite; a, takeoff guide at the rear of the rear roll comprising a take-oir roller; and means driving the take-ofi roller.

8. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; front and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite; a takeoif guide at the rear of the rear roll comprising a take-olif roller; and means driven by the rear wringer roll driving the take-off roller.

9. In a wringer, the combination of a, frame; front and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; and a clothes intake guide directing clothes into said bite, said guide comprising rollers at the front and rear, and an off-take guide at the rear of the rear roll, said ori-take giude comprising a roller riding the rear intake guide roller, said intake guide roller being driven by the wringer roll and imparting movement to the oiT-take roller.

l0. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; wrnger rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite, said guide extending under both rolls and adapted to receive clothes from either side; a take-off deflector comprising a roller; and a pivotal mounting for the roller above the bite, said roller being adapted to be swung to either side of the bite to deflect the clothes in either direction.

11. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; front and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly' extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite, said guide extending under both rolls and adapted to receive clothes from either side; a, take-off guide at the rear of the rear roll; and a reversible means for the guide adapting it to be shifted from one roller to the other.

l2. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; front and rear wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite, said guide extending under both rolls and adapted to receive clothes from either side; a take-off guide at the rear of the rear roll; and a swinging mounting for the guide adapting it to be swung into position with relation to either roll.

13. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; wringer rolls mounted in the frame with an upwardly extending bite; a clothes intake guide directing the clothes into the bite, said guide extending under both rolls and adapted to receive clothes from either side; a take-ofi" deflector above the bite; means for shifting the deflector to either side of the bite to reverse the direction of discharge of the clothes; a take-off guide; and means for shifting the take-off guide to adapt it to operate with either wringer roll.

14. In a wringer, a frame, a pair of guideways carried by said frame and on opposite sides thereof, a pair of pressure rolls rotatably mounted in the guideways and adapted to squeeze liquid from the work, a pair of auxiliary rolls rotatably mounted in the frame, a yielding means to retain the last-named rolls in contact with the pressure rolls respectively, each auxiliary roll coacting with its pressure roll to iced material from the bite of said pressure roll and auxiliary roll into the bite of the two pressure rolls and wherein the material fed between either pressure roll and its associated auxiliary roll is gripped and squeezed between the two pressure rolls without reversing the direction of rotation of the pressure rolls.

EARL V. GODFREY. 

